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THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE
May 1989 Vol. 53, No. 5
Washington Director Retires
NJ. Research Unit Expands
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Retires After29 Years as CWREU Director
Horticulturist Shawa
Becomes Grower Shawa
Like Voltaire's Candide, Azmi Y.
Shawa has traveled many roads,
tasted many climes, and now would
like to settle down and tend his
garden, or, more precisely, his bog.
Director of the Coastal Washing-s
ton Research & Extension Unit in
Long Beach for 24 years, the likeable
Shawa retired from the post
recently.
During his involvement with
horticulture over some four decades,
Shawa traveled between continents
and across the country many times.
Further travel, the goal of many
retirees, will be put on the back
burner for awhile. lie and Mrs.
Shawa are looking forward to some
relaxation around their Beach
home and Mr. Shawa is eager to
cultivate the 5/C2 acre bog he bought
22 years ago.
And, besides, he wants to be
available for consulting work and
he'd like to keep his fingers ino
research.
Shawa first came to Long Beach
as a senior horticultural assistanit
in 1960. Five years later he was
chosen to head the station.
Anative ofPalestine, Shawa grew
upin Gaza, where hisparents owned
orange groves. His interest in agri-
culture developed early.
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AZMI Y. SHAWA has retired as
the director of the Coastal
Washington Research Extension
Unit but he hasn't retired from
cranberrying, what with his
own 5½ acre bog, research,
consulting and a friendly chat
now and then with fellow
growers.
(CRANBERRIES photo by Carol
Schurter)
Long
SHOW SHAWA a bog and he can't resist inspecting the vines.
(CRANBERRIES photo by Carol Schurter)
He attended agricultural school
in Gaza, first studying irrigation,
then switching to horticulture.
Utah State University was his
next stop. He came there in 1949
biliand received a bachelor's degree in
horticulture two years later. He
specialized in pomology.
Next he studied at Colorado State
University, where he received his
master's in horticulture in 1953.
Then itwason to Washington State
University for his Ph.D. He inter-
rupted his studies to accept a post
as senior experimental aide at the
Prosser, Wash., research and
extension center. Family responsi-
bilities were a factorin his decision.
Two years later, the Libyan
government invited him to do horticultural
research in that country.
While there he introduced new varieties
of fruit trees.
In 1960 he returned to Long Beach
and has been there since. And he
doesn't intend to leave.
"I love the country and the quality
of life here," he said.
The highlight of his career, he
believes, was his introduction of
lots of new herbicides.
"When I took over, the only two
herbicides were Casoron and a little
214," he noted. "Now there's an
arm's long list of herbicides that
can be used safely."
CRANBERRIES May 1989 Page 3
Shawa also is proud of the
research he has done to improve
the color and the keeping quality of
cranberries.
The highly respected researcher
said he hopes his successor-who
is expected to be named in the next
few months-will concentrate on
fertility and crop hardiness.
About the latter, he said: "We've
got to find the ways and means of
protecting cranberries from injury,
especially winter kill. We don'tknow
the factors yet, nutritional and
otherwise. This is a science initself.
Someone has got to tackle it."
The horticultural expert calls
"unfortunate" the growing anxiety
over pesticide residues.
"If pesticides are used rationally,22
carefully, after thorough scientific
studies, I don't see the danger to
human life," he said. "All that's
being achieved now is a kind of
nagging of agriculture. Critics talk
about organic gardening and think
we can survive without pesticides.
Organic gardening is fine but how
do you get the production?"
the
Shawa owned that some growers
use pesticides unwisely but said
that's an education and policing
problem, not a basis for eradicating
pesticides.
The retired director carried on a
tradition oflongevity at Long Beach,
the only research facility besides
the Massachusetts Cranberry
Experiment Station devoted exclu
sively to cranberries. There have
been only three directors at Long
Beach.
D.J. Crowley, the first director,
who served from 1923 through 1954,
virtually revolutionized cranberry-
ing with his development of the
overhead sprinkler system. Charles
Doughty headed the station from
1954 through 1965. And then came
^Shawa.
Among his other accomplish-
ments, Shawa was the principal
author of the booklet, "Cranberry
Production in the Pacific
Northwest."
Growers, as well as others in the
cranberry field, also appreciated
Shawa's authorship of the concise,
informative monthly newsletter,
CranberryVine. Thenewsletterwill
be put on hold until a new director
Page 4 CRANBERRIES May 1989
is chosen.
For Shawa now, much of his day
will be spent tending his McFar-
lins and a few Stevens. And there
will be time to indulge his three
grandchildren-another is on the
way. Mr. and Mrs. Shawa have one
son and two daughters.
Will Shawa be missed?
Well, a retirement reception was
held at the Long Beach station and
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BiologicalControls Top Concern
N.J. Station Becomes National Base
For Cranberry, Blueberry Research
By ELIZABETH CARPENTER that can effectively replace chemi-average yield of 112 barrels per
National research in cranberries cal pesticides and fungicides will acre.
and blueberries will be transferred top the list of priority concerns, HOW did a tropical fungus like phyfrom
a Beltsville, Md., USDAfacil-while continued efforts will be tophthora root rot get to Massachuity
to the blueberry/cranberry devoted to problems related to weed setts? Dr. Frank Caruso, extension plant
research center in Washington control, phytophthora root rot, bee pathologist with the Massachusetts
Township, N.J. pollination, water management, Cranberry Experiment Station, suspects
The move was explained by Dr. crop nutrition, pruning techniquescame with the introduction of mois
ture loving rhododendrons and high
Roger Wyse, senior associate direc-and upland bog development, Wyse bush blueberries to this norther
tor of the New Jersey Agricultural said. climate.
Experiment Station, at the recent Despite the threat of the season's Caruso's research has identified
1989 winter meeting of the Ameri-first major snowstorm, approxi-phytophthoraasthefunguscausingroot
can Cranberry Growers Associa-mately80peopleattendedtheACGA rot, a disease that appears to be
tion (ACGA). meeting. President Joe Darlington enhanced by winter flood and extremely
At Washington Township, a joint presided over a fact-filled session-wet conditions.
federal, state and local effort will one that proved New Jersey's Measures that are taken to decrease
address cranberry and blueberry cranberry industry is alive, well and eliminate this insidious fungus in
breeding, cultural, local disease and and expanding. The state's grow-Massachusetts bogs will control probinsect
problems and viral diseases. ers produced a record high 370,000 lems in New Jersey and Wisconsin
barrelsin 1988 with a record high bogs that suffer from a related species
The search for biological controls barrels in 1988, with a record high of the fungus, according to Caruso.
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These include:
* improving cranberry bog drainage
by cleaning existing ditches and dig-
ging new ones;
sanding affected areas;
* applying Ridomil via a sprinkler
system or spot treatment at an oppor-
tune time in the plant's life cycle (spring
and fall recommended). An application
should cover an area at least 20 feet
beyond the diseased vines and be con-
tinued for two or three seasons;
using Ferbam or Zineb-both show
promise;
*selecting disease resistant cranberry
varieties when replanting (Howes,
Franklin and Stevens are three varie-
that seem able to withstand the disease);
* sterilizing footwear after treating
an "infected" bog in order to prevent
disease transmission to healthy bogs.
Looking ahead, Caruso suggests the
gene pool of susceptible varieties may
be improved by breeding them with
native cranberries that are resistant to
phytophthora.
How can you tell ifphytophthora has
infected your bogs? Early symptoms
include:
* small areas of dead vines;
• reddening of cranberry foliage in
foliage of affected plants turns red
in early fall;
· takeover by narrow-leaved golden-
rod in affected areas;
· underground runners turn dull olive
in color;
· lesion areas become apparent.
RAY SAMULIS, Burlington County
agricultural agent, updated growers on
his 1988 fungicide and rot control stu-
dies. Two objectives ofhis work were to
(1) obtain Benlate tolerance data and
(2) compile rot control data. Fungicides
tested for their ability to control cran-
berry rot included Bravo, Benlate #4,
Foilicur, Benlate #2 and Ferbam.
Criteria studied in measuring each
product's impact on a crop included
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weight per berry, overall weight of berries
per plot and total number ofberries
per plot.
Samulis also cautioned growers that
employee training and responsible
application procedures are extremely
important, given that possible pesticide
and fungicide misuse are very
much in the forefront of public thinking.
To help prevent product abuse and
insure farm worker safety, he recapped
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and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
regulations.
He pointed out an excellent employee
training kit, "Hazard Communication
Compliance Kit," that contains perti
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nent slides, charts and forms and may be gauged by the number of barrels of
be purchased for $12 from: healthy cranberries harvested per bog,
Superintendent of Documents Elsner said.
U.S. Government Printing Office DR. ALLAN Stretch, USDA plant
Washington, D.C. 20402-9325 pathologist at the Rutgers blueberry/Phone:
(202) 783-3238 cranberry research center, updated
growers on his efforts to identify an
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Additional copies of SARA fact sheets, During the past year, Stretch has
including Section 311 -Manufacturer sampled thousands of berries from
Safety Data Sheets, may be obtained locations in New Jersey and Massaby
making contact with Ray Samulis chusetts. Three different fungi have
at his Mount Holly, N.J., office, (609) been identified as the cause of black
265-5050. rot. Spores from these fungi, ifreleased
DR. ERWIN "Duke" Elsner, spe-during harvest, enter the wounds of
cialist in entomology at the Rutgers water harvested fruit and cause rot.
blueberry/cranberry research center, Although not a panacea, Strasseria
looks forward to the day when he will has been identified as an antagonistic
be able to provide growers with weekly organism that shows promise as a bioupdates
that explain when and how to logical control for this problem. If the
counteract infestations ofinsect pests. rot producing fungi can be reduced
Last year's fledgling integrated pest prior to harvest, then the incidence of
management (IPM) program was an black rot found in stored fruitwill decline.
important first step in refining tech-DR. NICHOLI Vorsa, associate director
niques that will ultimately provide ofthe Rutgers blueberry/cranberry research
growers with this information. center, introduced John Sarracino, the cen-
Elsner reports that 1989 efforts will ter's newly hired "hands on" plant breeder.
benefit from the use of commercial Sarracino explained that "breeding (cranb
enefit use coumrctial berry varieties) is a long term investment,"
from the o
bogs where his team can conduct "side one that requires at least five years of care-
by side" comparisons. This format is ful monitoring to determine ifa new variety
necessary if meaningful data is to be demonstrates potential for commercial use.
compiled, he said. Once avariety is made available to growers,
Upcoming IPM research will focus he said, it must be able to produce for a
on multiple sampling methods, minimum of 10 years.
temperature data collection, standard Qualities he wants new varieties to pos-
IPM comparisons and economic injury sess include:
level research, i.e., "how many dollars' *increased resistance to field fruit rots;
worth of impact will diifferent insects *increased insect resistance;
make at different times of the year?" increeabeyieldper berry size;
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Since mid-1988, Sarracino has monitored
the pollination of 81 cranberryvariety crosses
to determine which are most successful. Self
pollination as well as cross pollination has
occurred in these samples. Seeds found in
berries resulting from these crosses vary in
number, depending on variety. In 1990,
these test varieties will be transplanted
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their material. Data garnered from
this germplasm collection will be entered
and stored in research center computers.
This systematic monitoring should lead to
the identification of varieties that are genet-
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phytophthora.
JACK MATTHENIUS, apiarist with
the N.J. Department of Agriculture, asked
for better communication between beekeep-
ers and growers while investigation con-
tinues into the possible cause(s) of the loss of
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several hundred colonies of bees in 1988.
He observed cranberry bogs and blueb-
erry fields are often adjacent to one another,
making it necessary for colonies to be kept
in an area for great lengths oftime. To date,
Matthenius said, there is no conclusive data
to indicate that pesticides used on these
crops are the culprits. However, traces of
pesticides have been found in pollen.
While thelevel of pesticide ingestion these
insects can safely tolerate is being deter-
mined, Matthenius suggests remedial mea-
sures that may be taken to help avoid future
crises include:
e whenever possible, remove hives before
bogs are sprayed;
* allow adequate ventilation within
hives-don't stack colonies.
Matthenius also recommended that
Rutgers University's vacant position of bee
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needed to address the problem of tracheal
mite in bees and to develop a breeding pro-
gram that will produce domesticated bees
willing to gather 90% of their pollen from
cranberry blossoms, he said. He emphas-
ized that the Africanized bee can't be toler-
ated in New Jersey.
ONGOING evaluation of tundra swan
damage in New Jersey's cranberry bogs by
the N.J. Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife
shows destruction is decreasing, it was
revealed at the meeting. Data compiled
from growers responding to division questi-
onnaires indicates crop losses decreased
from 9.350 barrels worth $503,184 in 1986to
7,202 barrels worth $396,137.50 in 1987.
A variety of techniques, ranging from
spotlights, shellcrackers and propane cannons
to scarecrows and flagging were held
as responsible for the decline. However,
equipment and manpower costs needed to
implement deterrents have increased from
$33,547 during 1985-86 to $42,554 during
1986-87.
Despite decline in crop damage, the tundra
swan population is on the increase and
their search for red root tubers found in
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cranberry bogs continues. Bog damage and
vine uprooting are directly related to the
swans' nocturnal search for this weed.
Although growers' frustration with the
problem remains high, Bill Haines Jr. spoke
for themajority of ACGA members when he
opposed a hunting season on the birds.
"This would be a public relations disas-
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Maintenance of "cleaner" bogs, coupled
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for discouraging the birds. Permits for shell
crackers and propane cannons may be
obtained by calling Ed Butler at the USDA
animal damage control section: (201)
6474109.
ANTHONY PAPASSO, senior special
agent, U.S. Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service (INS), explained that the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986 stipulates that an employer should
hire only American citizens and aliens who
are authorized to work in the United States.
He said that the act's Form I-9 is "great
for a factory, but poor for a farm," butthat a
grower must comply with the law by filling
out this form for each employee hired after
Nov. 6, 1986 or be liable for a $1,000 fine per
person. A Handbook for Employers distrib-
uted by Papasso to growers clearly explains
the procedure for completing this form and
includes the toll free number-1-800-777-
7700-that may be called if an employer
wants additional information.
FRAN BROOKS, N.J. Farm Bureau,
then explained an identification card sys-
ter used in Florida that may be legally
implemented in New Jersey. Once an
employee completes an I-9 form, it is incor-
porated into a badge that is worn while the
employee is on thejob. It allows him/her to
move from farm to farm without duplicatingpaperworkandprevents
afarm employer
from being repeatedly audited.
Brooks stressed that whatever system is
used in New Jersey, compliance with the
law is mandatory. She reminded growers
that crew leaders and employers are jointly
culpable if they fail to implement the law.
PRESIDENT DARLINGTON told
growers that their testimonies are invited at
the August 1989 Cranberry Marketing
Committee hearing to be held in New Jer-
sey. Of particular interest will be the nontransferable
"rolling" base concept and the
method proposed for handling allocation
during times of surplus production.
Named as ACGAofficers for 1989-90 were:
Ernest Bowker, president; Katie Darling
ton, vice president and secretary; Dr. Paul
Eck, treasurer; Edward V. Lipman, ACGA
delegate to the N.J. Agricultural Conven
tion, and Thomas Darlington, ACGA alter-
nate delegate to the N.J. Agricultural
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Precipitation totaled 3.18 inches, about 1/3^~cy, ,vtl/ ~ inch below normal. There were 213 days with Wconn Caner
MASSACHUSETTS measurable precipitation, with 1.02 inches on Wisconsn Cranbe
the 25th as the greatest storm. We are nearly4
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Dr. Robert Devlin of the Massachusetts
ary and about the same amount behind 1988. an ingcranbe marsh.
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For the period December through February, STEVE
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annual meeting of the Weed Science Society There was a total of 131/2 inches of snow for
of America Feb. 6-10 in Dallas. Bob presented the month. Sunshine was a record low total.
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Dr. Devlin also attended a board of directors I
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Dr. Frank Caruso of the station spoke to Aee tf
New Jersey growers at their annual winter
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Caruso also attended a meeting held by the SURVEYORS
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Calcium Concentration
In Cranberry Shoots
MALCOLM N. DANA and SUE STEINMANN
Department of Horticulture
University of Wisconsin/Madison
Abstract: Cranberry cuttings 'McFarlin' were grown in solution cultures
in a glasshouse to produce tissues for determination of critical concentra-
tion of Ca necessary for maximum shoot growth. All shoot growth was
harvested on 3 dates following growth intervals of 77 days, 40 days and 52
days. Tissue Ca concentration varied from 0.04% to 0.27% in the manysamples. Shoot growth reached a maximum with approximately 0.10%
tissue Ca.
tissue Ca_______.
The critical concentration for "normal" concentrations were
ductive vines harvested in the field
(
(1).Cranberry cuttings 'McFarlin'
were rooted in aerated distilled
water. Upon initiation of shoot
growth 8 cuttings were placed in
each 2 liter plastic container with
nutrient solution. Five replicatesand 7 treatment solutions were
provided for the experiment-a total
of 35 containers and 280 cuttings.
All shootmaterial (leaves and stems)
from the 8 cuttings per container
was harvested for dry weight and
Ca concentration determinations.
The solutions provided concentrations
ofnutrients as follows: 100
ppm NHy-N, 15 ppm P, 48 ppm Mg,
176 ppm S, .27 ppm each of B and
essential elements in plant tissue is
a useful parameter in the interpre-
tation of leaf analyses. For the
cranberry, VacciniummacrocarponAit. critical concentrations were
estimated for P(3) and K(2) and
proposed for several mineral ele-
ments (1,4,5). The "normal" con-
centration for Cain cranberry shoot
growth was set at the 0.30 to 0.60%
range because that was the con-
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Mn, .13 ppm Zn, .03 ppm Cu, .01 Tissue Ca concentration was In 2of3casesgrowthwas limited
ppm Mo, 4.0 ppm Fe in equal con-determined by emission spectro-with tissue Ca concentrations of
centrations from Fe So4 and Fe scopy and is presented as percent .04% and .07% and in all 3 growth
EDTA. Treatment concentrations of dry weight. periods growth reached a maximum
were set for the several treatments In the first growth period the dry with tissue Ca concentration at
at 1, 2,4,8,16 and 32 ppm Ca and a weight accumulation was restricted .11% or more. The critical concen
no Ca control. Nitrate nitrogen in the treatment receiving no sup-tration of Ca for 'McFarlin' cransupply
ranged from 0.7 to 22.4 ppm plemental Ca in the solution. Shoots berries grown in solution culture at
as the Ca concentration ranged in these containers had 0.4% Ca pH 4.5 is approximately .10%.
from 2 to 32 ppm. Solutions were which was less than the concentramaintained
at pH 4.5 + -0.3. The tion in other treatments. Supple-Literature Cited
plants depleted the solutions of mental Ca in the solution sustained 1. Dana, M.N. 1981. Foliar nutrient
nutrients for the assigned growth shoot growth for the period of test concentration studies. IV, Proposed
period. Solution strength was when the tissue concentration was standards. Cranberries45(10):10-ll.
renewed at the start of each growth at the .08% or higher level. 2. Dana, M.N. and Sue Steinmann. 1986.
During the second growth period Critical concentration of potassiumperiod.
in 'Stevens' cranberry. Cranberries:
Plants were maintained in the there were no differences in dry
greenhouse under a 16 hour day weight among treatments although In press.
length by supplementing natural the tissue concentration of Ca 3. Greidanus, T. and M.N. Dana. 1972.
daylight with fluorescent and ranged from .05% for no Ca added Cranberry growth related to tissue
incandescent lamps. In the first to .27% with 8mg of Ca in the solu-concentration and soil tet
and second growth periods from 24 tion. The plants had not depleted phosphorous. J Am. Soc Hort. Si.
November to 11 February and 11 the Ca supply in any treatment 97
February to 21 March, the green-such that the availability of this 4. Medappa, K.C. and M.N. Dana. 1970.
poitionthe
house temperatures fluctuated element limited vegetative growth. he influe nd Fe
between 16C and 24C, the third Analysis of plants after the third cranberry plant. 8oil Science 109
period from 21 March to 12 May growth period showed a restriction (4):25o-253.
was maintained in the range from of dry matter accumulation in the 6. Shawa, A.Y., C.H. Shanks Jr., P.R.
17C to 38C daytime temperatures; no Ca plots with a Ca concentra-Bristow,M.N. ShearerandA.P.Poole.
all new shoot growth for the 8 cut-tion of .07% and near maximum 1984. Cranberry production in the
tings in each container was harv-growth (4.7g) with a tissue Ca con-Pacific Northwest. Pacific North-
ested and the dry weight determined. centration of .11%. westooperativeExtenonBu247.
Table 1. Relationship between dry matter accumulation and tissue
Ca concentration in solution culture grown 'McFarlin'
cranberry shoots.
Growth Period
Milligrams A (77 Days) B (40 Days) C (52 Days)
Ca in Tissue Ca Tissue Ca Tissue Ca
Solution D. W. Ca Recovery D. W. Ca Recovery D. W. Ca Recovery
Grams % mg Grams % mg Grams % mg
0 1.8 .04 0.7 1.4 .05 0.7 2.9 .07 2.0
2 2.5 .08 2.0 1.6 .17 2.7 3.9 .07 2.7
4 2.8 .11 3.1 1.4 .24 3.4 4.2 .08 3.4
8 2.9 .16. 4.6 1.5 .27 .4.0 4.7 .11 5.2
16 2.6 .16 4.2 1.4 .26 3.6 4.7 .16 7.5
32 2.7 .16 4.3 1.3 .26 3.4 4.1 .20 8.2
64 2.3 .17 3.9 1.5 .23 3.5 4.9 .18 8.8
L.S.D. .41 .04 -N.S. .03 -.61 .05
CRANBERRIES May 1989 Page 15
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHOW
SET FOR JULY INSOVIET UNION
______________!_ _ ^Fruits and Vegetables '89 is the title of an
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will be cooling, transportation, bottling,
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laboratory and control instruments.
American companies interested in participating
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Confusion Reigns
U.S. based organizer of international trade
shows in the USSR.
"Due to recent changes in enterprise law,
businesses in the Soviet Union have greater
Remember when science was assumed to be exact and control over the use of profits for invest-
unequivocal? Nobody today makes that assumption. Poor ment," said Roman Shukman, president of
Descartes must be rolling over in his grave. Orbis International. "This translates into
Nowhere is there more confusion than in the field of agricul-larger funds allocated for new western protural
chemicals. Take the recent controversy over Alar. On the
same day, one could watch several TV panels or read a dozen or
so newspaper and magazine acounts in which scientists were
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computer News
How to Use a Data Base
In Your Business
By CHESTER PETERSON JR.
You may not have thought of it
exactly that way, but when you
first penciled a note on a 3 x 5 inch
card or wrote a name and address
on a sheet of paper and stuck it in a
file folder, you were creating a data
base!
I've done plenty of both. In fact,
I'll have to admit it. I'm one of
those people who store information
like a squirrel caching nuts. I have
file cabinet drawer after file cabinet
drawer chock full of semi-organized
material. I also keep a separate
rolodex-style card file, and use yet
another stored in a desk drawer.
Oh my, just ask me and I can
come up with just about anything I
want-although it may take me a
little while, like a couple of hours.
And, too, often I can't read my
scrawled handwriting once I do
find that all-important contact's
name and phone number.
A friend of mine is just the
opposite. He, well, let's call him
Rex, just can't be bothered to take
the time to properly file informa-
tion. He's always losing vital
address and phone info in the scat-
tered piles on and around his desk.
Both of us were prime candidates
for a computer data base system,
although for different reasons.
I can't speak for my friend, but I
do know that the data base soft-
ware I boughtis just about the best
money I've spent. And I'm still
learning new ways to sort and use
the information it provides for my
business almost every day, too.
It's amazing how much time it
saves me ... how many jobs it can
;n'» I°/X ~ |M . . how little time it takes to
fdo
maintain once set up . . . what it
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before.
Basically, what a computer data
base lets you do is better and more
effectivelyorganize and present your
information.
A computer data base gives you
these advantages over a B.C. (Before
Computer) filing system:
* You can drop information into
your file in any order at any time.
· You can also retrieve information
from your file in any order at
any time.
· You can compile your information
automatically.
· You can summarize and report
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time.
There are some disadvantages,
too:
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as rapid a storing method as drop-
ping a sheet of paper into a file
folder.
* How you set up your data
base-its form-to store your
information is a top priority. You
need to give this a good bit of
thought. Before you start, think
about what results you're going to
want, then work from there.
Generally, however, it's possible
with most data bases to add new
columns of material and to change
your data file arrangements later
on. I wouldn't use a data base lack-
ing this flexibility. Still, it's best to
do your planning before beginning
initial work.
The firsttime you open the manual
that comes with your data base
software, you're going to be intimi-
dated. I still am, in fact.
However, I tried to make it easy
by thinking of the data base as a
simple filing cabinet containing
file folders that, in turn, contain
sheets of paper.
Such a sheet ofpaper-and it can
be reaaaalllllyyy long--is the guts
be reaaaalllllyyy
long-is the gutsofany data base. Here's where you
record your specific information in
"fields." A "field" is a name or
address or zip code or other indi-
vidualtyp in info
^"^ y
vidual info you type in.
Your biggest job is in setting up
the "form" of the data base so all
your "fields" are entered in the
proper order andthey're allincluded.
Depending on the data base, in
addition to text entries you may
also be able to have number fields
automatically totaled or averaged
or whatever.
For example, if you have a large
company, you can set up your data
base so you can later sort and pull
out each salesman who sold more
than X dollars the last six months
or .... "
Enough of theory. Let's set up a
data base and see how one can be
utilized in your business.
Note the examples. I set up an
entirely fictitious data base of a
dozen people. In real life, this data
bise could be 120 or 1,200 or 12,000
people or ....
When setting up your data base,
create it with ease of data entry
foremost in your mind. Certainly
include all theinformation you want,
but-more important-have it
appear in a logical format. Aren't
you used to first typing titles, then
names, then addresses, etc.?
Well, that's the way to initially
organize your information to speed
later entering of your data. And
don't worry overly much that this
may or may not be the way you
want to see your information printed
out later.
You see, the great thing about
most computer data bases is that
you can usually enter your information
in any order you wish. Then
you can arrange it later with virtually
no effort to have it end up looking
precisely the way you want it.
I know, that takes some getting
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typographical errorsin yourentries.
Your computer can't distinguish
between "Jones" and "Joness."
Okay, in the illustrated exam-
ples, I've made it easy to move from
title through the names to position,
acompany, address, city, state and
zip code.
Now's where you start becomingcreative. What special information
do you want to record-and laterbe
able to pull out?
I've stuck in two columns for
sorting plus one for "Remarks."
You could have a dozen. I used
some arbitrary symbols in the
"Category" column that could mean
the person concerned expressed an
interest in European business in
1985 or 1986, for instance, or in the
Orient or in South America.
know how, you can later sort and
arrange it any way you desire.
You can then print out portionsof the entire data base. Example:
All the names arranged alphabeti-
cally and the accompanying phonenumbers and zip codes. The possi-
bilities are endless.
However, I usually prefer to print
out all my columns, using a 50 per-
cent type size reduction feature in
my software.
The top example-example 1shows
exactly how I entered the
information. Example 2is the same
except that it's been sorted alphabetically
by last name. We could
have instead sorted in reverse
alphabetical order, too.
Or we could have done like I do
with my personal data base: Sort
by company alphabetically as first
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a top priority business prospect or
past customer.
Remember, after you enter all the
information the easiest way you
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spreading equipment, and
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priority and sort by last name
alphabetically as second priority.
Example 3 is the same list sorted
by last name alphabetically only
for those with Los Angeles
addresses.
ing software to produce mail merge,
computer generated personalized
letters. There are virtually infinite
ways you can combine the two to
drum upbusiness.
Second, you might consider what
Example 4 is sorted by last name I do. I've printed out three copies of
alphabetically for those listed as various portions of my data base. I
Example 5 is the same, but also
sorted for the "A" under the "Misc."
quick references, one in my attache
case and one in my travel kit.
column.
That's sorting. Now what if you
want to find a name in your data
base of 3,000 entries and all you
can remember is that this fellow
lives in Seattle?
Use the "Find" function in the
"City" column and have your com-
puter kick out on your screen all
listings in Seattle. He'll be among
them and should be easy to sift out.
The computer data base is nor-
mally used two ways: 1) called up
on the screen for quick checks of
information; 2) called up for print-
ing out various listings.
I'd like to give you two more
ideas for things you can do with it.
First, if possible, buy a data base
Fhatworks with your word process-
Since starting this system, I've
seldom been at a loss for a name,
address or phone number for more
than a couple of seconds.
Today, mypowerful, yet relatively
inexpensive computer with data
base software shoved in the diskette
slot does the job that 20 years ago
would have required a mainframe
and 10 years ago a $40,000
minicomputer.
Combined, my microcomputer
hardware and data base software
is the best "tool" I own.
(Chester Peterson Jr., former
departmental editor of a million.
utold
pluscirculationnationalmagazine,
has written many articlesin some
78 different publications.)
-Arkin Magazine Syndicate
Lt. Col. Cecil G. Dunn, Army
Quartermaster Corps, says the military
will require 150,000 barrels of
cranberries for fiscal year 1945 to
fulfill the eating needs of service
people. "It is the patriotic duty of all
growers to consider military requirements,
for this is their country and
the berries are going to their own
sons atd relatives, said Du wn
* * * * * * * *
Growers at the annual meetings of
the Southeastern Cranberry Club,
Rochester, Mass., and the South
Shore Club, Kingston, Mass., were
that farm labor will bescarce
for the coming growing and harvesting
seasons. Roy E. Moser, state
secretary, Emergency Farm Labor,
said the government is expected to
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make more Jamaicans and Baham-amount of pyrethrum and no rote-and possibly the cranberry girdler.
ians available. The status of Italian none were being allocated for cran-* * * * * * *
prisoners of war is expected berry use. He told them to save pyre-Plymouth County, Mass.,
to be The
changed shortly, he added, but few, thrum for the most imperative uses, Electric Company called for conserif
any, he thought, would be availa-such as control of the bluntnosed vation of electricity, saying "speedble
for farm labor. leafhopper, the blackheadedfireworm ing victory is what counts now."
"Underproduction was one of our
chief worries in 1943 and, as I see it,
one of our chief worries in 1944 may WANTEDI
also be underproduction," C.M.
Chaney, general manager, American r.l vs A
Cranberry Exchange, told members G ravel Sa
ofthe New England Cranberry Sales
Co. at its annual meeting in the in the southeastern Massachusetts area
Carver, Mass., Town Hall. He said
theberries soldthroughthe Exchange Quantities of 10,000 yards and up
totaled 269,835 barrels and brought Complete site work, bog construction and finished
an average FOB price of $18.72, the
highest average at which cranber-contouring of surrounding area plus the best price
ries had ever been sold. for your material.
* * * * **** *| Michael Coan Earl White
Winter floods were coming off Carver, Mass. Medfield, Mass.
Wisconsin marshes about April 15ar r, . Me iel, M
and, in general, it was thought the (508) 866-5285 (508) 359-7291vines should have come through the
winter well. Grower/correspondent
Vernon Goldsworthy said he thought
Wisconsin would have a crop of
115,000 to 125,000 barrels in 1944.
Oregon had a very dry winter and WOLLER EXCAVA
a spring characterized by many light, WOLLSCHLAGER EXCAVATING
early morning frosts. Some marshes
reported damage in the first 10 days DraglineWork-All inds
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flood had been let out.
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The primordial growth of
the flowers and the upright
in terminal fruit bud... as
illustrated... is now growing
on the bog. Growth that
needs constant attention to
protect it from insects.
Know the Insects......
Color photographs of all these insects and more are now
arranged with text in a portfolio that is available.
The portfolio endeavors to bring together the words of research
complementing the photographs and making a summary of
cranberry insect information that will be of use to the cranberry
grower for a lifetime.
The portfolio is available for $100 and, if you wish to examine a
copy, telephone (609) 894-8556 evenings around 6 p.m. or write to:
Walter Z.Fort
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May 1989 Vol. 53, No. 5
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Retires After29 Years as CWREU Director
Horticulturist Shawa
Becomes Grower Shawa
Like Voltaire's Candide, Azmi Y.
Shawa has traveled many roads,
tasted many climes, and now would
like to settle down and tend his
garden, or, more precisely, his bog.
Director of the Coastal Washing-s
ton Research & Extension Unit in
Long Beach for 24 years, the likeable
Shawa retired from the post
recently.
During his involvement with
horticulture over some four decades,
Shawa traveled between continents
and across the country many times.
Further travel, the goal of many
retirees, will be put on the back
burner for awhile. lie and Mrs.
Shawa are looking forward to some
relaxation around their Beach
home and Mr. Shawa is eager to
cultivate the 5/C2 acre bog he bought
22 years ago.
And, besides, he wants to be
available for consulting work and
he'd like to keep his fingers ino
research.
Shawa first came to Long Beach
as a senior horticultural assistanit
in 1960. Five years later he was
chosen to head the station.
Anative ofPalestine, Shawa grew
upin Gaza, where hisparents owned
orange groves. His interest in agri-
culture developed early.
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AMY.SACOVER PHOTO a
AZMI Y. SHAWA has retired as
the director of the Coastal
Washington Research Extension
Unit but he hasn't retired from
cranberrying, what with his
own 5½ acre bog, research,
consulting and a friendly chat
now and then with fellow
growers.
(CRANBERRIES photo by Carol
Schurter)
Long
SHOW SHAWA a bog and he can't resist inspecting the vines.
(CRANBERRIES photo by Carol Schurter)
He attended agricultural school
in Gaza, first studying irrigation,
then switching to horticulture.
Utah State University was his
next stop. He came there in 1949
biliand received a bachelor's degree in
horticulture two years later. He
specialized in pomology.
Next he studied at Colorado State
University, where he received his
master's in horticulture in 1953.
Then itwason to Washington State
University for his Ph.D. He inter-
rupted his studies to accept a post
as senior experimental aide at the
Prosser, Wash., research and
extension center. Family responsi-
bilities were a factorin his decision.
Two years later, the Libyan
government invited him to do horticultural
research in that country.
While there he introduced new varieties
of fruit trees.
In 1960 he returned to Long Beach
and has been there since. And he
doesn't intend to leave.
"I love the country and the quality
of life here" he said.
The highlight of his career, he
believes, was his introduction of
lots of new herbicides.
"When I took over, the only two
herbicides were Casoron and a little
214" he noted. "Now there's an
arm's long list of herbicides that
can be used safely."
CRANBERRIES May 1989 Page 3
Shawa also is proud of the
research he has done to improve
the color and the keeping quality of
cranberries.
The highly respected researcher
said he hopes his successor-who
is expected to be named in the next
few months-will concentrate on
fertility and crop hardiness.
About the latter, he said: "We've
got to find the ways and means of
protecting cranberries from injury,
especially winter kill. We don'tknow
the factors yet, nutritional and
otherwise. This is a science initself.
Someone has got to tackle it."
The horticultural expert calls
"unfortunate" the growing anxiety
over pesticide residues.
"If pesticides are used rationally,22
carefully, after thorough scientific
studies, I don't see the danger to
human life" he said. "All that's
being achieved now is a kind of
nagging of agriculture. Critics talk
about organic gardening and think
we can survive without pesticides.
Organic gardening is fine but how
do you get the production?"
the
Shawa owned that some growers
use pesticides unwisely but said
that's an education and policing
problem, not a basis for eradicating
pesticides.
The retired director carried on a
tradition oflongevity at Long Beach,
the only research facility besides
the Massachusetts Cranberry
Experiment Station devoted exclu
sively to cranberries. There have
been only three directors at Long
Beach.
D.J. Crowley, the first director,
who served from 1923 through 1954,
virtually revolutionized cranberry-
ing with his development of the
overhead sprinkler system. Charles
Doughty headed the station from
1954 through 1965. And then came
^Shawa.
Among his other accomplish-
ments, Shawa was the principal
author of the booklet, "Cranberry
Production in the Pacific
Northwest."
Growers, as well as others in the
cranberry field, also appreciated
Shawa's authorship of the concise,
informative monthly newsletter,
CranberryVine. Thenewsletterwill
be put on hold until a new director
Page 4 CRANBERRIES May 1989
is chosen.
For Shawa now, much of his day
will be spent tending his McFar-
lins and a few Stevens. And there
will be time to indulge his three
grandchildren-another is on the
way. Mr. and Mrs. Shawa have one
son and two daughters.
Will Shawa be missed?
Well, a retirement reception was
held at the Long Beach station and
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reality. MCranberry l Bogs and Uplands
Ellen R. Morton, NFPA manager, a
media relations, said the NFPA special This property consists of approximately 6 acres of
task force assigned to the study ofjuice
labeling has taken a two pronged working bogs and reservoirs and approximately 16
approach. One is to ask the Food & acres of uplands. Cranberry area may be easily
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content labeling of all juice and dilute
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development of legislation to require country setting offers considerable growth potential.
full nutrition labeling on both types of
products. Call (508) 748-0637
The proposals represent a compromise
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such as Ocean Spray Cranberries,
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nent slides, charts and forms and may be gauged by the number of barrels of
be purchased for $12 from: healthy cranberries harvested per bog,
Superintendent of Documents Elsner said.
U.S. Government Printing Office DR. ALLAN Stretch, USDA plant
Washington, D.C. 20402-9325 pathologist at the Rutgers blueberry/Phone:
(202) 783-3238 cranberry research center, updated
growers on his efforts to identify an
Ask for "Hazard Communication antagonistic organism that could serve
Compliance Kit" OSHA 3104 and as a biological control for black rot in
GPOorder number 929-022-00000-9 water harvested cranberries.
Additional copies of SARA fact sheets, During the past year, Stretch has
including Section 311 -Manufacturer sampled thousands of berries from
Safety Data Sheets, may be obtained locations in New Jersey and Massaby
making contact with Ray Samulis chusetts. Three different fungi have
at his Mount Holly, N.J., office, (609) been identified as the cause of black
265-5050. rot. Spores from these fungi, ifreleased
DR. ERWIN "Duke" Elsner, spe-during harvest, enter the wounds of
cialist in entomology at the Rutgers water harvested fruit and cause rot.
blueberry/cranberry research center, Although not a panacea, Strasseria
looks forward to the day when he will has been identified as an antagonistic
be able to provide growers with weekly organism that shows promise as a bioupdates
that explain when and how to logical control for this problem. If the
counteract infestations ofinsect pests. rot producing fungi can be reduced
Last year's fledgling integrated pest prior to harvest, then the incidence of
management (IPM) program was an black rot found in stored fruitwill decline.
important first step in refining tech-DR. NICHOLI Vorsa, associate director
niques that will ultimately provide ofthe Rutgers blueberry/cranberry research
growers with this information. center, introduced John Sarracino, the cen-
Elsner reports that 1989 efforts will ter's newly hired "hands on" plant breeder.
benefit from the use of commercial Sarracino explained that "breeding (cranb
enefit use coumrctial berry varieties) is a long term investment"
from the o
bogs where his team can conduct "side one that requires at least five years of care-
by side" comparisons. This format is ful monitoring to determine ifa new variety
necessary if meaningful data is to be demonstrates potential for commercial use.
compiled, he said. Once avariety is made available to growers,
Upcoming IPM research will focus he said, it must be able to produce for a
on multiple sampling methods, minimum of 10 years.
temperature data collection, standard Qualities he wants new varieties to pos-
IPM comparisons and economic injury sess include:
level research, i.e., "how many dollars' *increased resistance to field fruit rots;
worth of impact will diifferent insects *increased insect resistance;
make at different times of the year?" increeabeyieldper berry size;
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Since mid-1988, Sarracino has monitored
the pollination of 81 cranberryvariety crosses
to determine which are most successful. Self
pollination as well as cross pollination has
occurred in these samples. Seeds found in
berries resulting from these crosses vary in
number, depending on variety. In 1990,
these test varieties will be transplanted
from a greenhouse to a bog setting, where
the roguing process of least promising var-
ieties will begin.
Sarracino's future plans include housing
an extensive germplasm collection at one
location to allow comparisons under similar
conditions; giving researchers access to
genetically identical material, and provid-_-
ing breeders with a positive system of identifying
their material. Data garnered from
this germplasm collection will be entered
and stored in research center computers.
This systematic monitoring should lead to
the identification of varieties that are genet-
ically resistant to diseases, including
phytophthora.
JACK MATTHENIUS, apiarist with
the N.J. Department of Agriculture, asked
for better communication between beekeep-
ers and growers while investigation con-
tinues into the possible cause(s) of the loss of
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several hundred colonies of bees in 1988.
He observed cranberry bogs and blueb-
erry fields are often adjacent to one another,
making it necessary for colonies to be kept
in an area for great lengths oftime. To date,
Matthenius said, there is no conclusive data
to indicate that pesticides used on these
crops are the culprits. However, traces of
pesticides have been found in pollen.
While thelevel of pesticide ingestion these
insects can safely tolerate is being deter-
mined, Matthenius suggests remedial mea-
sures that may be taken to help avoid future
crises include:
e whenever possible, remove hives before
bogs are sprayed;
* allow adequate ventilation within
hives-don't stack colonies.
Matthenius also recommended that
Rutgers University's vacant position of bee
The
Company
specialist be filled. Such a researcher is
needed to address the problem of tracheal
mite in bees and to develop a breeding pro-
gram that will produce domesticated bees
willing to gather 90% of their pollen from
cranberry blossoms, he said. He emphas-
ized that the Africanized bee can't be toler-
ated in New Jersey.
ONGOING evaluation of tundra swan
damage in New Jersey's cranberry bogs by
the N.J. Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife
shows destruction is decreasing, it was
revealed at the meeting. Data compiled
from growers responding to division questi-
onnaires indicates crop losses decreased
from 9.350 barrels worth $503,184 in 1986to
7,202 barrels worth $396,137.50 in 1987.
A variety of techniques, ranging from
spotlights, shellcrackers and propane cannons
to scarecrows and flagging were held
as responsible for the decline. However,
equipment and manpower costs needed to
implement deterrents have increased from
$33,547 during 1985-86 to $42,554 during
1986-87.
Despite decline in crop damage, the tundra
swan population is on the increase and
their search for red root tubers found in
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cranberry bogs continues. Bog damage and
vine uprooting are directly related to the
swans' nocturnal search for this weed.
Although growers' frustration with the
problem remains high, Bill Haines Jr. spoke
for themajority of ACGA members when he
opposed a hunting season on the birds.
"This would be a public relations disas-
ter" Haines said.
Maintenance of "cleaner" bogs, coupled
with the previously mentioned passive
techniques, remaintheonlylegitimatemeans
for discouraging the birds. Permits for shell
crackers and propane cannons may be
obtained by calling Ed Butler at the USDA
animal damage control section: (201)
6474109.
ANTHONY PAPASSO, senior special
agent, U.S. Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service (INS), explained that the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986 stipulates that an employer should
hire only American citizens and aliens who
are authorized to work in the United States.
He said that the act's Form I-9 is "great
for a factory, but poor for a farm" butthat a
grower must comply with the law by filling
out this form for each employee hired after
Nov. 6, 1986 or be liable for a $1,000 fine per
person. A Handbook for Employers distrib-
uted by Papasso to growers clearly explains
the procedure for completing this form and
includes the toll free number-1-800-777-
7700-that may be called if an employer
wants additional information.
FRAN BROOKS, N.J. Farm Bureau,
then explained an identification card sys-
ter used in Florida that may be legally
implemented in New Jersey. Once an
employee completes an I-9 form, it is incor-
porated into a badge that is worn while the
employee is on thejob. It allows him/her to
move from farm to farm without duplicatingpaperworkandprevents
afarm employer
from being repeatedly audited.
Brooks stressed that whatever system is
used in New Jersey, compliance with the
law is mandatory. She reminded growers
that crew leaders and employers are jointly
culpable if they fail to implement the law.
PRESIDENT DARLINGTON told
growers that their testimonies are invited at
the August 1989 Cranberry Marketing
Committee hearing to be held in New Jer-
sey. Of particular interest will be the nontransferable
"rolling" base concept and the
method proposed for handling allocation
during times of surplus production.
Named as ACGAofficers for 1989-90 were:
Ernest Bowker, president; Katie Darling
ton, vice president and secretary; Dr. Paul
Eck, treasurer; Edward V. Lipman, ACGA
delegate to the N.J. Agricultural Conven
tion, and Thomas Darlington, ACGA alter-
nate delegate to the N.J. Agricultural
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ary and about the same amount behind 1988. an ingcranbe marsh.
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For the period December through February, STEVE
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annual meeting of the Weed Science Society There was a total of 131/2 inches of snow for
of America Feb. 6-10 in Dallas. Bob presented the month. Sunshine was a record low total.
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Dr. Devlin also attended a board of directors I
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Dr. Frank Caruso of the station spoke to Aee tf
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Mark Bennie, president of Cranberry HOLDING'S ACQUIRES DEMMA ment of American Agrifabrics, an Atlanta,
Computer Inc., Wareham, Mass., announced
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new version of Cranberry Growers System quartered fresh fruit and produce whole-Agryl brand of covers to U.S. farmers.
saler, has been acquired by John Galt Hold-Formerly, Sodocadistributeditsspunbonded(CGS), a production and chemical informa-
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Calcium Concentration
In Cranberry Shoots
MALCOLM N. DANA and SUE STEINMANN
Department of Horticulture
University of Wisconsin/Madison
Abstract: Cranberry cuttings 'McFarlin' were grown in solution cultures
in a glasshouse to produce tissues for determination of critical concentra-
tion of Ca necessary for maximum shoot growth. All shoot growth was
harvested on 3 dates following growth intervals of 77 days, 40 days and 52
days. Tissue Ca concentration varied from 0.04% to 0.27% in the manysamples. Shoot growth reached a maximum with approximately 0.10%
tissue Ca.
tissue Ca_______.
The critical concentration for "normal" concentrations were
ductive vines harvested in the field
(
(1).Cranberry cuttings 'McFarlin'
were rooted in aerated distilled
water. Upon initiation of shoot
growth 8 cuttings were placed in
each 2 liter plastic container with
nutrient solution. Five replicatesand 7 treatment solutions were
provided for the experiment-a total
of 35 containers and 280 cuttings.
All shootmaterial (leaves and stems)
from the 8 cuttings per container
was harvested for dry weight and
Ca concentration determinations.
The solutions provided concentrations
ofnutrients as follows: 100
ppm NHy-N, 15 ppm P, 48 ppm Mg,
176 ppm S, .27 ppm each of B and
essential elements in plant tissue is
a useful parameter in the interpre-
tation of leaf analyses. For the
cranberry, VacciniummacrocarponAit. critical concentrations were
estimated for P(3) and K(2) and
proposed for several mineral ele-
ments (1,4,5). The "normal" con-
centration for Cain cranberry shoot
growth was set at the 0.30 to 0.60%
range because that was the con-
centration found in healthy, pro-
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Mn, .13 ppm Zn, .03 ppm Cu, .01 Tissue Ca concentration was In 2of3casesgrowthwas limited
ppm Mo, 4.0 ppm Fe in equal con-determined by emission spectro-with tissue Ca concentrations of
centrations from Fe So4 and Fe scopy and is presented as percent .04% and .07% and in all 3 growth
EDTA. Treatment concentrations of dry weight. periods growth reached a maximum
were set for the several treatments In the first growth period the dry with tissue Ca concentration at
at 1, 2,4,8,16 and 32 ppm Ca and a weight accumulation was restricted .11% or more. The critical concen
no Ca control. Nitrate nitrogen in the treatment receiving no sup-tration of Ca for 'McFarlin' cransupply
ranged from 0.7 to 22.4 ppm plemental Ca in the solution. Shoots berries grown in solution culture at
as the Ca concentration ranged in these containers had 0.4% Ca pH 4.5 is approximately .10%.
from 2 to 32 ppm. Solutions were which was less than the concentramaintained
at pH 4.5 + -0.3. The tion in other treatments. Supple-Literature Cited
plants depleted the solutions of mental Ca in the solution sustained 1. Dana, M.N. 1981. Foliar nutrient
nutrients for the assigned growth shoot growth for the period of test concentration studies. IV, Proposed
period. Solution strength was when the tissue concentration was standards. Cranberries45(10):10-ll.
renewed at the start of each growth at the .08% or higher level. 2. Dana, M.N. and Sue Steinmann. 1986.
During the second growth period Critical concentration of potassiumperiod.
in 'Stevens' cranberry. Cranberries:
Plants were maintained in the there were no differences in dry
greenhouse under a 16 hour day weight among treatments although In press.
length by supplementing natural the tissue concentration of Ca 3. Greidanus, T. and M.N. Dana. 1972.
daylight with fluorescent and ranged from .05% for no Ca added Cranberry growth related to tissue
incandescent lamps. In the first to .27% with 8mg of Ca in the solu-concentration and soil tet
and second growth periods from 24 tion. The plants had not depleted phosphorous. J Am. Soc Hort. Si.
November to 11 February and 11 the Ca supply in any treatment 97
February to 21 March, the green-such that the availability of this 4. Medappa, K.C. and M.N. Dana. 1970.
poitionthe
house temperatures fluctuated element limited vegetative growth. he influe nd Fe
between 16C and 24C, the third Analysis of plants after the third cranberry plant. 8oil Science 109
period from 21 March to 12 May growth period showed a restriction (4):25o-253.
was maintained in the range from of dry matter accumulation in the 6. Shawa, A.Y., C.H. Shanks Jr., P.R.
17C to 38C daytime temperatures; no Ca plots with a Ca concentra-Bristow,M.N. ShearerandA.P.Poole.
all new shoot growth for the 8 cut-tion of .07% and near maximum 1984. Cranberry production in the
tings in each container was harv-growth (4.7g) with a tissue Ca con-Pacific Northwest. Pacific North-
ested and the dry weight determined. centration of .11%. westooperativeExtenonBu247.
Table 1. Relationship between dry matter accumulation and tissue
Ca concentration in solution culture grown 'McFarlin'
cranberry shoots.
Growth Period
Milligrams A (77 Days) B (40 Days) C (52 Days)
Ca in Tissue Ca Tissue Ca Tissue Ca
Solution D. W. Ca Recovery D. W. Ca Recovery D. W. Ca Recovery
Grams % mg Grams % mg Grams % mg
0 1.8 .04 0.7 1.4 .05 0.7 2.9 .07 2.0
2 2.5 .08 2.0 1.6 .17 2.7 3.9 .07 2.7
4 2.8 .11 3.1 1.4 .24 3.4 4.2 .08 3.4
8 2.9 .16. 4.6 1.5 .27 .4.0 4.7 .11 5.2
16 2.6 .16 4.2 1.4 .26 3.6 4.7 .16 7.5
32 2.7 .16 4.3 1.3 .26 3.4 4.1 .20 8.2
64 2.3 .17 3.9 1.5 .23 3.5 4.9 .18 8.8
L.S.D. .41 .04 -N.S. .03 -.61 .05
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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHOW
SET FOR JULY INSOVIET UNION
______________!_ _ ^Fruits and Vegetables '89 is the title of an
agricultural trade show to be held in
I.. f: ^'^'""vlzKishinev, the USSR, from July 19 thru 26.
......... 11 1 1 at the international exhibition
ed.fff·itorMIal
'^'-Featured /
will be cooling, transportation, bottling,
sorting and packaging equipment and
laboratory and control instruments.
American companies interested in participating
are asked to make contact with
Orbis International of Atherton, Calif., the
Confusion Reigns
U.S. based organizer of international trade
shows in the USSR.
"Due to recent changes in enterprise law,
businesses in the Soviet Union have greater
Remember when science was assumed to be exact and control over the use of profits for invest-
unequivocal? Nobody today makes that assumption. Poor ment" said Roman Shukman, president of
Descartes must be rolling over in his grave. Orbis International. "This translates into
Nowhere is there more confusion than in the field of agricul-larger funds allocated for new western protural
chemicals. Take the recent controversy over Alar. On the
same day, one could watch several TV panels or read a dozen or
so newspaper and magazine acounts in which scientists were
split over whether the chemical posed a threat. No wonder the
poor public is confused.
Yesterday it was Alar. Today it is aldicarb, a bug killer used
on potatoes and bananas. Tomorrow and the next day, other Knowledge & ability to
chemicals will be under attack, responsible or otherwise. unite buyers and sellers
Part ofthe problem is lack of data and a monitoring system fornite byers andsellers
that many critics say is not up to the challenge of providing for existing marshes or
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How to Use a Data Base
In Your Business
By CHESTER PETERSON JR.
You may not have thought of it
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first penciled a note on a 3 x 5 inch
card or wrote a name and address
on a sheet of paper and stuck it in a
file folder, you were creating a data
base!
I've done plenty of both. In fact,
I'll have to admit it. I'm one of
those people who store information
like a squirrel caching nuts. I have
file cabinet drawer after file cabinet
drawer chock full of semi-organized
material. I also keep a separate
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another stored in a desk drawer.
Oh my, just ask me and I can
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want-although it may take me a
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And, too, often I can't read my
scrawled handwriting once I do
find that all-important contact's
name and phone number.
A friend of mine is just the
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tered piles on and around his desk.
Both of us were prime candidates
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I can't speak for my friend, but I
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the information it provides for my
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It's amazing how much time it
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Basically, what a computer data
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A computer data base gives you
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Computer) filing system:
* You can drop information into
your file in any order at any time.
· You can also retrieve information
from your file in any order at
any time.
· You can compile your information
automatically.
· You can summarize and report
your files in any of several formats,
whichever is your preference at the
time.
There are some disadvantages,
too:
* Although keying in new data
goes as fast as you can type, it isn't
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as rapid a storing method as drop-
ping a sheet of paper into a file
folder.
* How you set up your data
base-its form-to store your
information is a top priority. You
need to give this a good bit of
thought. Before you start, think
about what results you're going to
want, then work from there.
Generally, however, it's possible
with most data bases to add new
columns of material and to change
your data file arrangements later
on. I wouldn't use a data base lack-
ing this flexibility. Still, it's best to
do your planning before beginning
initial work.
The firsttime you open the manual
that comes with your data base
software, you're going to be intimi-
dated. I still am, in fact.
However, I tried to make it easy
by thinking of the data base as a
simple filing cabinet containing
file folders that, in turn, contain
sheets of paper.
Such a sheet ofpaper-and it can
be reaaaalllllyyy long--is the guts
be reaaaalllllyyy
long-is the gutsofany data base. Here's where you
record your specific information in
"fields." A "field" is a name or
address or zip code or other indi-
vidualtyp in info
^"^ y
vidual info you type in.
Your biggest job is in setting up
the "form" of the data base so all
your "fields" are entered in the
proper order andthey're allincluded.
Depending on the data base, in
addition to text entries you may
also be able to have number fields
automatically totaled or averaged
or whatever.
For example, if you have a large
company, you can set up your data
base so you can later sort and pull
out each salesman who sold more
than X dollars the last six months
or .... "
Enough of theory. Let's set up a
data base and see how one can be
utilized in your business.
Note the examples. I set up an
entirely fictitious data base of a
dozen people. In real life, this data
bise could be 120 or 1,200 or 12,000
people or ....
When setting up your data base,
create it with ease of data entry
foremost in your mind. Certainly
include all theinformation you want,
but-more important-have it
appear in a logical format. Aren't
you used to first typing titles, then
names, then addresses, etc.?
Well, that's the way to initially
organize your information to speed
later entering of your data. And
don't worry overly much that this
may or may not be the way you
want to see your information printed
out later.
You see, the great thing about
most computer data bases is that
you can usually enter your information
in any order you wish. Then
you can arrange it later with virtually
no effort to have it end up looking
precisely the way you want it.
I know, that takes some getting
used to. But it's true. It's just one of
the things you're going to come to
appreciate about a computer data
base.
Caution: Be especially alert to
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typographical errorsin yourentries.
Your computer can't distinguish
between "Jones" and "Joness."
Okay, in the illustrated exam-
ples, I've made it easy to move from
title through the names to position,
acompany, address, city, state and
zip code.
Now's where you start becomingcreative. What special information
do you want to record-and laterbe
able to pull out?
I've stuck in two columns for
sorting plus one for "Remarks."
You could have a dozen. I used
some arbitrary symbols in the
"Category" column that could mean
the person concerned expressed an
interest in European business in
1985 or 1986, for instance, or in the
Orient or in South America.
know how, you can later sort and
arrange it any way you desire.
You can then print out portionsof the entire data base. Example:
All the names arranged alphabeti-
cally and the accompanying phonenumbers and zip codes. The possi-
bilities are endless.
However, I usually prefer to print
out all my columns, using a 50 per-
cent type size reduction feature in
my software.
The top example-example 1shows
exactly how I entered the
information. Example 2is the same
except that it's been sorted alphabetically
by last name. We could
have instead sorted in reverse
alphabetical order, too.
Or we could have done like I do
with my personal data base: Sort
by company alphabetically as first
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priority and sort by last name
alphabetically as second priority.
Example 3 is the same list sorted
by last name alphabetically only
for those with Los Angeles
addresses.
ing software to produce mail merge,
computer generated personalized
letters. There are virtually infinite
ways you can combine the two to
drum upbusiness.
Second, you might consider what
Example 4 is sorted by last name I do. I've printed out three copies of
alphabetically for those listed as various portions of my data base. I
Example 5 is the same, but also
sorted for the "A" under the "Misc."
quick references, one in my attache
case and one in my travel kit.
column.
That's sorting. Now what if you
want to find a name in your data
base of 3,000 entries and all you
can remember is that this fellow
lives in Seattle?
Use the "Find" function in the
"City" column and have your com-
puter kick out on your screen all
listings in Seattle. He'll be among
them and should be easy to sift out.
The computer data base is nor-
mally used two ways: 1) called up
on the screen for quick checks of
information; 2) called up for print-
ing out various listings.
I'd like to give you two more
ideas for things you can do with it.
First, if possible, buy a data base
Fhatworks with your word process-
Since starting this system, I've
seldom been at a loss for a name,
address or phone number for more
than a couple of seconds.
Today, mypowerful, yet relatively
inexpensive computer with data
base software shoved in the diskette
slot does the job that 20 years ago
would have required a mainframe
and 10 years ago a $40,000
minicomputer.
Combined, my microcomputer
hardware and data base software
is the best "tool" I own.
(Chester Peterson Jr., former
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utold
pluscirculationnationalmagazine,
has written many articlesin some
78 different publications.)
-Arkin Magazine Syndicate
Lt. Col. Cecil G. Dunn, Army
Quartermaster Corps, says the military
will require 150,000 barrels of
cranberries for fiscal year 1945 to
fulfill the eating needs of service
people. "It is the patriotic duty of all
growers to consider military requirements,
for this is their country and
the berries are going to their own
sons atd relatives, said Du wn
* * * * * * * *
Growers at the annual meetings of
the Southeastern Cranberry Club,
Rochester, Mass., and the South
Shore Club, Kingston, Mass., were
that farm labor will bescarce
for the coming growing and harvesting
seasons. Roy E. Moser, state
secretary, Emergency Farm Labor,
said the government is expected to
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make more Jamaicans and Baham-amount of pyrethrum and no rote-and possibly the cranberry girdler.
ians available. The status of Italian none were being allocated for cran-* * * * * * *
prisoners of war is expected berry use. He told them to save pyre-Plymouth County, Mass.,
to be The
changed shortly, he added, but few, thrum for the most imperative uses, Electric Company called for conserif
any, he thought, would be availa-such as control of the bluntnosed vation of electricity, saying "speedble
for farm labor. leafhopper, the blackheadedfireworm ing victory is what counts now."
"Underproduction was one of our
chief worries in 1943 and, as I see it,
one of our chief worries in 1944 may WANTEDI
also be underproduction" C.M.
Chaney, general manager, American r.l vs A
Cranberry Exchange, told members G ravel Sa
ofthe New England Cranberry Sales
Co. at its annual meeting in the in the southeastern Massachusetts area
Carver, Mass., Town Hall. He said
theberries soldthroughthe Exchange Quantities of 10,000 yards and up
totaled 269,835 barrels and brought Complete site work, bog construction and finished
an average FOB price of $18.72, the
highest average at which cranber-contouring of surrounding area plus the best price
ries had ever been sold. for your material.
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Wisconsin would have a crop of
115,000 to 125,000 barrels in 1944.
Oregon had a very dry winter and WOLLER EXCAVA
a spring characterized by many light, WOLLSCHLAGER EXCAVATING
early morning frosts. Some marshes
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of April, shortly after the winter
flood had been let out.
* * * ** * Also Have Clam & Scalping Buckets
Dr. Henry J. Franklin, director,
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The primordial growth of
the flowers and the upright
in terminal fruit bud... as
illustrated... is now growing
on the bog. Growth that
needs constant attention to
protect it from insects.
Know the Insects......
Color photographs of all these insects and more are now
arranged with text in a portfolio that is available.
The portfolio endeavors to bring together the words of research
complementing the photographs and making a summary of
cranberry insect information that will be of use to the cranberry
grower for a lifetime.
The portfolio is available for $100 and, if you wish to examine a
copy, telephone (609) 894-8556 evenings around 6 p.m. or write to:
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